A Day with the Aunts

Friday was a fun filled day with Aunt Allie and Aunt Annie! Our day started with Gavin's physical therapy. Melissa was thrilled to see how well Gavin is walking and she only stayed about half an hour. Right after she left, Allie and Annie came over. Annie was in town for a long weekend and Allie had the day off from work. Annie brought a donut snack. After eating donuts, we went to Chuck-E-Cheese. We had 15 tokens left from our last trip and I knew that would be plenty for the kids. We had a great time and practically had the place to ourselves. Before we went, Macie kept talking about going in the hole with Aunt Allie and Aunt Annie. I thought she was talking about the tunnels, but I wasn't sure. She'd never been brave enough to go up there. Well, she was sad that we were either too big or little (Gavin) to go up there with her, but she started up the slide anyway. We were completely shocked (and so was she) that she went up the whole thing! All of a sudden we saw her little pigtails pop out at the top! She started to freak a little bit, but handled it very well! We showed her how to come down. All of us were relieved that we didn't have to go up to get her (even though we nominated Allie!). When I saw her at the top, I got a little teary eyed. My little girl is growing up and becoming more and more independent every day!
The cool thing about going right after they open is that they test all of the games and leave the tickets there. Annie, Macie, and I snatched up a lot of them. The kids ended up with 100 tickets! Macie was able to get some special chap stick that cost all 100 tickets. The aunts pitched in and bought Gavin a soccer ball. Right before we left, Chuck-E came out to do his special dance. I was hoping to get Macie on video dancing with him, but she wouldn't do everything of course. It is so cute to watch her get so excited to see him and boogie down. We had a great time!
Soon it was time for lunch, so we headed to McDonald's for some chicken nuggets and fries. Then, it was time for naps! We were all exhausted! After naps, we got in the kids pool in the backyard. Our final thing of the day was going to dinner at Crazy Buffet for Annie's birthday. It is next week. I can't believe my baby sister is going to be 24! After dinner, the aunts came back over to hang out and chat. What a fun, busy, and exhausting day!